diff --git a/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.cu b/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.cu
index c19f2ccaeae..c355a87fd88 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.cu
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ datasource::owning_buffer<rmm::device_buffer> get_record_range_raw_input(
 
   std::size_t const total_source_size       = sources_size(sources, 0, 0);
   auto constexpr num_delimiter_chars        = 1;
+  auto const delimiter                      = reader_opts.get_delimiter();
   auto const num_extra_delimiters           = num_delimiter_chars * sources.size();
   compression_type const reader_compression = reader_opts.get_compression();
   std::size_t const chunk_offset            = reader_opts.get_byte_range_offset();
@@ -155,12 +156,12 @@ datasource::owning_buffer<rmm::device_buffer> get_record_range_raw_input(
 
   // Offset within buffer indicating first read position
   std::int64_t buffer_offset = 0;
-  auto readbufspan =
-    ingest_raw_input(bufspan, sources, reader_compression, chunk_offset, chunk_size, stream);
+  auto readbufspan           = ingest_raw_input(
+    bufspan, sources, reader_compression, chunk_offset, chunk_size, delimiter, stream);
 
   auto const shift_for_nonzero_offset = std::min<std::int64_t>(chunk_offset, 1);
   auto const first_delim_pos =
-    chunk_offset == 0 ? 0 : find_first_delimiter(readbufspan, '\n', stream);
+    chunk_offset == 0 ? 0 : find_first_delimiter(readbufspan, delimiter, stream);
   if (first_delim_pos == -1) {
     // return empty owning datasource buffer
     auto empty_buf = rmm::device_buffer(0, stream);
@@ -180,14 +181,15 @@ datasource::owning_buffer<rmm::device_buffer> get_record_range_raw_input(
                                        reader_compression,
                                        next_subchunk_start,
                                        size_per_subchunk,
+                                       delimiter,
                                        stream);
-        next_delim_pos = find_first_delimiter(readbufspan, '\n', stream) + buffer_offset;
+        next_delim_pos = find_first_delimiter(readbufspan, delimiter, stream) + buffer_offset;
         next_subchunk_start += size_per_subchunk;
       }
       if (next_delim_pos < buffer_offset) {
         if (next_subchunk_start >= total_source_size) {
           // If we have reached the end of source list but the source does not terminate with a
-          // newline character
+          // delimiter character
           next_delim_pos = buffer_offset + readbufspan.size();
         } else {
           // Our buffer_size estimate is insufficient to read until the end of the line! We need to
@@ -212,9 +214,9 @@ datasource::owning_buffer<rmm::device_buffer> get_record_range_raw_input(
 
   // Add delimiter to end of buffer iff
   //        (i) We are reading till the end of the last source i.e. should_load_till_last_source is
-  //        true (ii) The last character in bufspan is not newline.
-  // For (ii) in the case of Spark, if the last character is not a newline, it could be the case
-  // that there are characters after the newline in the last record. We then consider those
+  //        true (ii) The last character in bufspan is not delimiter.
+  // For (ii) in the case of Spark, if the last character is not a delimiter, it could be the case
+  // that there are characters after the delimiter in the last record. We then consider those
   // characters to be a part of a new (possibly empty) line.
   size_t num_chars = readbufspan.size() - first_delim_pos - shift_for_nonzero_offset;
   if (num_chars) {
@@ -225,8 +227,8 @@ datasource::owning_buffer<rmm::device_buffer> get_record_range_raw_input(
                                   cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost,
                                   stream.value()));
     stream.synchronize();
-    if (last_char != '\n') {
-      last_char = '\n';
+    if (last_char != delimiter) {
+      last_char = delimiter;
       CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaMemcpyAsync(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer.data()) + readbufspan.size(),
                                     &last_char,
                                     sizeof(char),
@@ -274,6 +276,7 @@ device_span<char> ingest_raw_input(device_span<char> buffer,
                                    compression_type compression,
                                    std::size_t range_offset,
                                    std::size_t range_size,
+                                   char delimiter,
                                    rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
 {
   CUDF_FUNC_RANGE();
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ device_span<char> ingest_raw_input(device_span<char> buffer,
     if (sources.size() > 1) {
       static_assert(num_delimiter_chars == 1,
                     "Currently only single-character delimiters are supported");
-      auto const delimiter_source = thrust::make_constant_iterator('\n');
+      auto const delimiter_source = thrust::make_constant_iterator(delimiter);
       auto const d_delimiter_map  = cudf::detail::make_device_uvector_async(
         delimiter_map, stream, cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref());
       thrust::scatter(rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream),
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.hpp b/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.hpp
index 982190eecb5..4def69cc629 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ device_span<char> ingest_raw_input(device_span<char> buffer,
                                    compression_type compression,
                                    size_t range_offset,
                                    size_t range_size,
+                                   char delimiter,
                                    rmm::cuda_stream_view stream);
 
 /**
diff --git a/cpp/tests/io/json/json_utils.cuh b/cpp/tests/io/json/json_utils.cuh
index 9383797d91b..c31bb2d24e0 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/io/json/json_utils.cuh
+++ b/cpp/tests/io/json/json_utils.cuh
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ std::vector<cudf::io::table_with_metadata> split_byte_range_reading(
                                                                 reader_opts.get_compression(),
                                                                 reader_opts.get_byte_range_offset(),
                                                                 reader_opts.get_byte_range_size(),
+                                                                reader_opts.get_delimiter(),
                                                                 stream);
     // Note: we cannot reuse cudf::io::json::detail::find_first_delimiter since the
     // return type of that function is size_type. However, when the chunk_size is